SUMMER SOLSTICE SUMMARY The Summer Solstice is a short story written by Nick Joaquin. The book tells the story of a ritual performed by women to call upon the gods to grant fertility. The ritual they perform is to dance around a century-old Balete tree. The ritual was known as Tatarin and lasted for three days during the summer months. The last day of Tatarin is the same day as St. John’s Day. The story is set on St John’s Day in the 1850s in the Philippines. Entoy tells Dona Lupeng that Amada
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Summer! Summer! Summer! How nice does it feel sitting on the beach as the wind hits you across your face? I recall a time this summer when I went to spend a day at the Seven President Beach in Longbranch‚ New Jersey. This day was a really special day to me. It was a really special day to me because I was able to spend time with my family. The day started off with nice and beautiful weather. Unexpectedly‚ when we first arrived there‚ the weather began to change into foggy and rainy weather
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experiences and claim that they were a necessary part of their lives in order for them make sense of life. Antigone‚ from Sophocles’ Antigone‚ and Martin Luther King Jr and his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”‚ engage in civil disobedience where both fight the laws of the land in order to follow a higher good with no regret. However‚ both do such in specific ways that ultimately differ from one another: Dr. King believes civil disobedience is a necessary moral obligation to defy unjust laws while Antigone
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lMy Holiday in Florida The day i was told i was going on a holiday of a lifetime was on my 12th birthday‚ and that was it ‚the anticipation was building for 26 months. Every morning i would wake up with the thought of it and realise it so far away until eventually the day came to pack and get ready. The next day we got up early and hoped the taxi would arrive on time to take us to the train station to catch the train to Edinburgh Haymarket and then to Manchester Airport. We got there on time
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In “Searching for Summer” Joan Aiken uses details to portray the dark‚ negative‚ worldly mood and the happy‚ bright‚ and energetic mood of the different settings. The negativity surrounding the people of England‚ and the world‚ have drastically changed their whole lives and have made the world even harder to live in. A cloud of obscurity and anguish that was caused by war is blocking the rays of bliss and delight; however one couple is determined to find “a bit of sun” pg. 66 that will change their
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HSC Legal Studies Holiday Work Analyses a. ‘Briefing Paper on Juvenile Justice: Some Recent Developments (1999)’ The law treats young people differently to adults as it aims to prevent children from being exploited or from facing the consequences of making uninformed decisions. The criminal justice system recognizes young people can be less responsible than adults for their offences and this is most evident in the way the law approaches the age of criminal responsibility‚ known as doli incapax
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Essay – Holiday vacation It was last summer‚ where I and my family spend our time in Kosovo. It was last summer‚ when my family and I spent our time in Kosovo. It was a long time since we’ve there last‚ so we were all excited. We were happy to see our family and they welcomed us with open arms. We had planned to stay in my uncle’s house during our vacation. Because we hadn’t seen each other for a long time‚ so we had a lot of things to talk about. I was starting to learn the other kids from the
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SUMMER SOLSTICE Setting: The main events in the story happened in the Moretas residence and at their townsmini plaza and those happened during the night. Characterization: Donya Lupeng Moreta- long-married woman with three children Don Paeng Moreta- the highly moral husband of Donya Lupeng Guido- young cousin to the Moretas who studied in Spain Amada- the family cook and Entoy’s wife Entoy- the family driver Plot: The story happened during the St. John’s Day‚ Doña Lupeng finds Amada in a
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Representing Men’s and Women’s Speech: A Linguistic Analysis of Nick Joaquin’s “The Summer Solstice”1 Aileen O. Salonga Without a moment’s hesitation‚ he sprawled down flat‚ and‚ working his arms and legs‚ gaspingly clawed his way across the floor‚ like a great agonized lizard‚ the woman steadily backing away as he approached‚ her eyes watching him avidly‚ her nostrils dilating‚ till behind her loomed the open window‚ the huge glittering moon‚ the rapid flashes of lightning. She stopped‚ panting
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Who would want to be friends with a girl that comes from a strange place. “ They wanted to know about more important things‚ such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?”( Firoozeh Dumas page 90). Why would people want to know ting such as this? It was because the had no clue where this place was located just from what they hear. This is the main reason people need to know about geography skills‚ and about cultures. Geography a topic taught in high school
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